Why is Spelling English so Hard?

Consider the words knight, night, through, bough, cough, rough, come, give, gone.

Take a short pretest about the history of English.


We will visit the BBC on the history of English.

Language family trees.

Anglo-Saxon art

Anglo-Saxons vs. Vikings

Viking styles

Norman castles


I give you a handout to read for tomorrow. Read it, underline any words you are not sure of, and be prepared to freewrite on a related topic tomorrow.

Homework:

1. Read the handout "Are You Saxy Enough?"

2. If you are not sure about the meaning of a word, underline it.

3. Be sure you have something to use for a journal in class tomorrow.

Greetings

Today the Summer Quarter begins.

We'll hope to have the textbook soon; no homework tonight.

Class #20

We do some writing about questions of rhetorical effectiveness, using an array of texts, to have some work in your journals for me assess.

If you're not in class, I'll post the links here, but it's too late for you to get these in to your journal.

First of all, see this photo.

Then read this editorial.

Then look at this page.

Finally, read this essay.

Homework:

Bring a writing tool and some paper for the final exam on Thursday.